Dr Harold Goodwin has worked on 4 continents with local communities, their governments and the inbound and outbound tourism industry. He is an Emeritus Professor and Director of the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, Managing Director of the Responsible Tourism Partnership and advisor to the World Travel Market on its Responsible Tourism programme at WTM London, which attracts 2000 participants each year, and WTM Africa and Latin America and Arabian Tavel mart. He chairs the panels of judges for the World Responsible Tourism Awards and the other Awards in the family, Africa, India and Ireland.

Harold researches on tourism, local economic development and poverty reduction, conservation and responsible tourism working with the industry, local communities, governments, and conservationists. Harold also undertakes consultancy and evaluations for companies, NGOs, governments, and international organisations.

A pen sketch from June 2011
“Goodwin, a professor of Responsible Tourism at Leeds Metropolitan University, is a person who cannot be easily missed. He is a stocky teddy-bearish man with a square ruddy face adorned by a salt and pepper beard and fitted with twinkling blue eyes. Yet, he managed to remain nearly invisible right through the two-day symposium, intervening only at critical moments. ”I was here to listen to what you had to say and spread the word to the rest of the world…. ” R Ayyappan, Express News Service

Where will Harold be in the near future?7-10 June Finland RTD 12
18 July ESRC Seminar “Reconceptualising International Volunteering”, Eastbourne
17-19 August Rutland Bird Fair
23 August – 7 September Uganda
8-10 September Ludlow Food & Drink Festival
16-18 September Faversham Food Festival
19-22 September Seoul
23-29 September Barcelona
1-2 October “Ardnamurchan
6 October RTD13 Dublin, Ireland
30 October – 2 November Iceland “over-tourism”
7-9 November WTM, London
23-26 November Delhi
11-22 December Chile sub-Antartic Tourism

201710-13 January The Gambia
16-25 January (tentative) India
5-17 February (tentative) Uganda
19-27 February Japan
6-21 April South Africa23-27 April Dubai
6-13 May Wales
7-10 September Ludlow Food Festival
11-13 September Seoul

Responsible Tourism Events in 201629-31 March there is no Responsible Tourism programme at WTM Latin America this year6-8 April WTM Africa24-27 Arabian Travel Market9-10 June RTD12 Four Seasons and Responsibility Jyväskylä Finland
6 October RTD13 Dublin, Ireland7-9 November WTM, London